Dolphin Blue Helps Close the Loop in America’s Recycling
Online Green Office Retailer Furthers Environmentally Friendly Business Practices by Joining the CarbonFree® Partner Program
Dallas, TX, September 22, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Choosing greener, environmentally sustainable office products is more important than ever in the U.S., as the amount of waste sent to landfills continues to rise. Dolphin Blue, a leading online retailer of green office products and printing, has joined Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree® Partner program. The partnership represents Dolphin Blue’s dedication to reducing its carbon footprint and supporting carbon reduction projects.
Individual waste generation in the nation is about 4.5 pounds per person daily as of 2008, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, up from 4.4 pounds a decade earlier. The good news is that while Americans are on average still throwing away more, they are also recycling or opting for recycled products more. The country’s recycling rate stands at about 33 percent as of 2008, compared with about 28 percent a decade earlier.
Dolphin Blue has helped close the recycling loop by supplying eco-friendly products made in the USA from at least 20 percent post-consumer recycled material. In 1992, Dolphin Blue founder Tom Kemper, conducted the first public recycling event at the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. He collected and sorted 350 fifty-gallon bags of recyclable materials, but had little success finding anyone to accept them. Kemper realized that recycling works only when consumers and businesses are buying products made with recycled materials. He founded Dolphin Blue the following year.
“Carbonfund.org is an organization that shares the values on which we have built our business,” said Kemper, Dolphin Blue’s CEO and President. “As Dolphin Blue continues to grow as an organization, our ecological footprint increases, and everything I’m able to do to offset that footprint creates value for future generations. Carbonfund.org assists us in meeting that challenge.”
Eric Carlson, President, Carbonfund.org said, “Dolphin Blue, like Carbonfund.org, is making it easy and affordable for businesses to reduce their climate impact and become sustainable, not only in their operations but in their purchasing decisions. We are proud that Dolphin Blue is now part of our CarbonFree Partner program.”
Dolphin Blue has expanded its eco-friendly product offering to include remanufactured laser toner and inkjet cartridges, business and academic calendars, stationery and other supplies, as well as post-consumer recycled paper. To further reduce its carbon footprint, the company sells only green printing and green office supplies manufactured in the U.S. Dolphin Blue further reduces its carbon footprint by using energy-efficient office equipment, sourcing energy from wind power, and reusing packing and other office materials. The company also supports third-party validated projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation through Carbonfund.org.
About Dolphin Blue
Dolphin Blue is an online retailer of environmentally sustainable “green” office products and printing. Founded in 1993 on the belief that we can all consume more responsibly, Dolphin Blue provides the highest post-consumer recycled content products attainable, so that environmentally conscious companies and individuals can purchase products aligning with their values. From soy-based inks, to FSC-certified paper, all products sold are made in the USA from a minimum of 20 percent post-consumer recycled material. For more information, visit www.dolphinblue.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is the leading nonprofit carbon reduction and climate solutions organization, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact by supporting third-party validated renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects. Carbonfund.org has over 500,000 individual supporters and over 1,700 business and nonprofit partners including Discovery, Motorola, Amtrak, Dell, JetBlue, Virgin America and Staples. Please visit www.carbonfund.org.
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Individual waste generation in the nation is about 4.5 pounds per person daily as of 2008, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, up from 4.4 pounds a decade earlier. The good news is that while Americans are on average still throwing away more, they are also recycling or opting for recycled products more. The country’s recycling rate stands at about 33 percent as of 2008, compared with about 28 percent a decade earlier.
Dolphin Blue has helped close the recycling loop by supplying eco-friendly products made in the USA from at least 20 percent post-consumer recycled material. In 1992, Dolphin Blue founder Tom Kemper, conducted the first public recycling event at the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. He collected and sorted 350 fifty-gallon bags of recyclable materials, but had little success finding anyone to accept them. Kemper realized that recycling works only when consumers and businesses are buying products made with recycled materials. He founded Dolphin Blue the following year.
“Carbonfund.org is an organization that shares the values on which we have built our business,” said Kemper, Dolphin Blue’s CEO and President. “As Dolphin Blue continues to grow as an organization, our ecological footprint increases, and everything I’m able to do to offset that footprint creates value for future generations. Carbonfund.org assists us in meeting that challenge.”
Eric Carlson, President, Carbonfund.org said, “Dolphin Blue, like Carbonfund.org, is making it easy and affordable for businesses to reduce their climate impact and become sustainable, not only in their operations but in their purchasing decisions. We are proud that Dolphin Blue is now part of our CarbonFree Partner program.”
Dolphin Blue has expanded its eco-friendly product offering to include remanufactured laser toner and inkjet cartridges, business and academic calendars, stationery and other supplies, as well as post-consumer recycled paper. To further reduce its carbon footprint, the company sells only green printing and green office supplies manufactured in the U.S. Dolphin Blue further reduces its carbon footprint by using energy-efficient office equipment, sourcing energy from wind power, and reusing packing and other office materials. The company also supports third-party validated projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation through Carbonfund.org.
About Dolphin Blue
Dolphin Blue is an online retailer of environmentally sustainable “green” office products and printing. Founded in 1993 on the belief that we can all consume more responsibly, Dolphin Blue provides the highest post-consumer recycled content products attainable, so that environmentally conscious companies and individuals can purchase products aligning with their values. From soy-based inks, to FSC-certified paper, all products sold are made in the USA from a minimum of 20 percent post-consumer recycled material. For more information, visit www.dolphinblue.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is the leading nonprofit carbon reduction and climate solutions organization, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact by supporting third-party validated renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects. Carbonfund.org has over 500,000 individual supporters and over 1,700 business and nonprofit partners including Discovery, Motorola, Amtrak, Dell, JetBlue, Virgin America and Staples. Please visit www.carbonfund.org.
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Dolphin Blue
Alexandra Holowaty
(214) 565-0355
www.dolphinblue.com
Or contact:
Ivan Chan, Carbonfund.org, (240) 595-6891, ichan@carbonfund.org
Alexandra Holowaty
(214) 565-0355
www.dolphinblue.com
Or contact:
Ivan Chan, Carbonfund.org, (240) 595-6891, ichan@carbonfund.org
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